jewry
/ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The quarter of a town or city inhabited either partially or exclusively by Jews; historically, its main buildings were the synagogue, the ritual bath or mikve, the kosher-oriented butchery and bakery, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Hitler attempted to murder all of European Jewry."
- "Darkly it [the Kabbalah] stood in their [Samuel David Luzzatto, Moritz Steinschneide, etc.] path, the ally of forces and tendencies in whose rejection pride was taken by a Jewry which, in Steinschneider’s words, regarded it as its chief task to make a decent exit from the world."
- "Although AIPAC is prohibited from contributing directly to political candidates because of its status as a registered lobby, its reputation as the primary voice for American Jewry on Israel affairs has earned it significant clout in Washington."
- "Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry."
- "The interview on “The Tucker Carlson Show," in which Mr. [Nick] Fuentes called for an exclusive, “pro-white,” Christian movement and said that “organized Jewry” undermines American cohesion, was denounced by high-profile elected Republicans […]."
- "The Nazis who murdered Katzenelson also burned the entire Jewry of Radoshkowitz—Mane’s birthplace and burialplace in the vicinity of Vilna."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Jewery, juerie
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/